Posts Tagged ‘career break advice’
Taking A Career Break Isn’t Easy
Written By: jeff
Posted On: December 17th, 2012
Today we have a great guest post from Craig and John, a couple of experienced career breakers currently traveling the world. Based on their personal experience, they’ve got some great tips for finding out if a career break is for you and how to get started. They have an eye to becoming nomadic and give [...]
“What are you going to do when you get back?”
Written By: jeff
Posted On: December 3rd, 2012
Today we have a great guest post from career breakers Dave and Vicky who are currently traveling the world. When planning our breaks, there’s a natural concern by others around us about what we are going to do post-career break. We career breakers aren’t immune from this concern, but we figure it out and come [...]
WWOOFing It on Your Career Break
Written By: jeff
Posted On: November 26th, 2012
This is a guest post submitted by Tony from LandingStanding.com. You may remember that I recently featured him and his wife, Meg, in a Who’s Out There Now interview. This post has been delayed for a while and I’m glad I can finally publish it. One of the top activities for career breakers is volunteering [...]
Getting Off the Dime: A Review of Dream. Save. Do.
Written By: jeff
Posted On: November 5th, 2012
I’ve known Betsy and Warren for a while. They are the kind of people that once you meet them, you feel like you’ve known them your whole life. They have a passion for life that even amongst the traveler community is notable and infectious. They’ve been blogging about their travels and their perspective on life [...]
Career Break Secrets announces launch of The Career Break Traveler’s Handbook, by Jeffrey Jung
Written By: Cheryl Habbe
Posted On: October 25th, 2012
Career Break Secrets announces launch of The Career Break Traveler’s Handbook, by Jeffrey Jung Part of a new breed of travel books focused on various ways in which travelers experience the world October 25, 2012 This week the new travel book, The Career Break Traveler’s Handbook, written by Jeff Jung, launches in booksellers globally. The [...]
Book ‘Em Jeffo
Written By: jeff
Posted On: October 21st, 2012
This week is the culmination of months of behind-the-scenes work. My book, The Career Break Traveler’s Handbook, is finally here. Since I started my trip back in 2007, I had dreams of writing my own travel book. Then when I started Career Break Secrets, I had dreams of writing my own book. And all along [...]
How Safe Is It to Travel While on Your Career Break?
Written By: jeff
Posted On: March 19th, 2012
How to stay safe while traveling around the world on your career break is something we all think about. For some, it can cause paralytic fear, but for most dealing with safety issues is a matter of preparation, making smart decisions, becoming more comfortable with the world as you find it and learning as you [...]
The Catalyst
Written By: jeff
Posted On: March 18th, 2012
Today marks 5 years since I took off on my career break. The time in my life would take me throughout South America, Europe, Turkey and Egypt. I didn’t have a clue about the people I would meet or the adventures I would have. World travel had been a long-time dream, but it all became [...]
Career Break Budgeting Part 4: Reentry Budget
Written By: jeff
Posted On: February 29th, 2012
You haven’t even left and now I’m asking you to think and plan for reentry? Yup. In some ways, this is the easiest part of the budget. Similar to any budget, the formula is simply: Average daily spend X Days before earning a salary = Re-Entry Budget See! Easy peasy! I know, I know. That’s [...]
Six Steps Toward Freedom: A personal story
Written By: jeff
Posted On: February 27th, 2012
Today’s guest post comes from Matt of Intertia Interrupted. I’m always a little hesitant to take guest posts. I receive way more solicitations than I accept. And, I have a process in place to weed out pieces that I don’t feel are good enough for my audience. But, I immediately responded to Matthew’s piece and [...]
